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Liverpool Central

Trains at Liverpool Central arrived on average under a minute late over the last 30 days, based on 520 timed arrivals out of 649 services; 99% were within 5 minutes.

Counted from 14 September 2026 to 14 September 2026, as of 14 September 2026. Facts from the rail feeds we archive; nothing on this page is a prediction. How we count.

99%
within 5 min, of 520
under a minute
late on average
0
cancelled, of 649

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Next departures

Board as of 10:54 London time; each train shows when its last update arrived. Times are the feed's own; a platform is marked expected until the operator confirms it.

West Kirby
10:40 · Platform 3 (expected) · Merseyrail · updated 10:5310:40On time
Ormskirk
10:40 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:5110:40On time
Hunts Cross
10:43 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 10:5310:43On time
Chester
10:44 · Platform 3 (expected) · Merseyrail · updated 10:5310:44On time
Southport
10:47 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0810:47On time
New Brighton
10:50 · Platform 3 (expected) · Merseyrail · updated 10:5010:50On time
Headbolt Lane
10:50 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 09:1610:50On time
Ellesmere Port
10:52 · Platform 3 (expected) · Merseyrail · updated 10:5310:52On time

All 68 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Liverpool Central arrived on average under a minute late over the last 30 days, based on 520 timed arrivals out of 649 services; 99% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were within 1 min. No services were cancelled over the last 30 days. The platform changed after being announced on 0% of 619 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 08:00–09:00 (52 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (under a minute late on average).

Punctuality at Liverpool Central, measured at this station against the public timetable. Rates show the sample they are counted from; “—” means no figure. Platform changes are counted over calls with a platform.
Measure7 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 202630 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026All time14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026
Services649649649
Within 5 minutes99% of 52099% of 52099% of 520
Average delayunder a minute of 520under a minute of 520under a minute of 520
Half were withinunder a minuteunder a minuteunder a minute
Four in five were within1 min1 min1 min
Cancelled0 of 6490 of 6490 of 649
Cancelled at some stops000
Platform changed0% of 6190% of 6190% of 619
Busiest hour08:00–09:00 (52)08:00–09:00 (52)08:00–09:00 (52)
Worst day14 September 2026 (under a minute)14 September 2026 (under a minute)14 September 2026 (under a minute)

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About this station

Country
Great Britain
CRS code
LVC
Coordinates
53.4053, -2.9778

Every figure on this page is a count over the feed messages we archive, measured at this station against the public timetable. See the leaderboards or every station in Great Britain.